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(No Model.)

K.J. C. GAEVILLE. EAEGEL DELIVERY SYSTEM,

Patented Deo. 11, 1894.

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KATIIARINE JULIA CLINTON CYARVILLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PARCEL-DELIVERY SYSTEM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,747, dated December 11, 1894. Application filed February 19, 1894. Serial No. 500.759- (No model.)

To all whom it `may concern.-

Be it known that I, KATHARINE JULIA CLIN- ToN CARVILLE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New-York,`county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Parcel-Delivery Systems, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in package or parcel delivering systems, and the same may be operated by pneumatic pressure or by any other source of power suitable for the purpose.

My invention relates particularly to a carrier and means to discharge the contents of the carrier at the point of delivery and toreturn the carrier to its point of departure by the force of gravity. l

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view showing a pouch B which is intended to be on a wall or suitable support b and b. A is intended to represent a sectional View of the pneumatic pipes f or other guides that may be employed leading from a point of departure to a point of delivery, and return. Y

In Fig. 2 I have shown the view of the same looking at the pouch in the direction of the arrow In this figure the pipes which are behind or Within the support or wall b are shown in dotted lines. B is a pouch preferably of wire-work secured to the wall and having an opening or door b4 pivoted at b5 and secured by the latch h6. The pipes or guides A enter into this receiver through an aperture in the wall b and b. This aperture is preferably closed by the door or lidb2 pivoted at b3, and adapted to be thrown open as will o be hereinafter described. C is a gongsuitably secured to the Wall b and b. c is a plunger engaging the hammer c3 which is pivoted at,

c2, the parts being so arranged that when the door or lid b2 is thrown open it engages the plunger c and causes the gong to ring. `D is a carrier adapted to receive packages such as mail matter and is provided'with the hinged lid d', the carrier being adapted as stated to receive packages and when inverted to discharge the same. This carrier is provided on either side thereof with a double side or flange d2.

In the drawings, Fig. 1, d5 is the side of the making ways terminating in a bearing d3.

The carrier is preferably loaded at Aone end d4 for puposes which will be hereinafter described.

a3 is a frame set into the Wall or support b and b and having secured thereto the lugs a4 and a4, the frame and the lugs being of a size adapted to receive the carrier and topermit the same to pass through the frame, the lugs ventering beneath the llanges d2 and d2 and through the ways terminating in the bearings d3.

I will not attempt in this specification to illustrate or describe any particular means of projecting the carrier that I employ in my system --but will simply refer to means for projecting the carrier for the reason that the pneumatic and other means which may be employed for this purpose are so well known in the art that I deem it unnecessary to describe them in this particular. I have shown however a pipe F, connected with the tube A, which is intended to be connected with a vsource of air pressure, as an air pump, and

said pressure to the tube A is intended to be controlled by suitable valves, in the usual way, as the stop-cock f adapted to supply pressure to the tube A, when it is desired to project the carrier D as hereinafter described.

The operation of my device is as follows: I first introduce into the carrier D, such mail mattei' or package as I desire to transmit or convey either through an aperture .at d6 or otherwise. I then release themotive power such as pneumatic pressure, or otherwise innpart to the carrier a force suiiicient to carry the same through the tube a. When pneumatic pressure is employed, I of course provide the carrier with packing rings to confine the air. The carrier is then directed as heretofore stated through the tube a and as the same caroms against the shoulder of the tube a@ it is directed, inthe line of the driving force, through the frame 0,3. The lugs a4 and a4 enter the ways made by the flanges d2 and d2 and the motion of the carrier D is arrested by the lugs a4 and a4. The contents of the carrier, either by the weight of said contents,

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or by the shock occasioned by the sudden arrest of the momentum of the carrier by the lugs a* and ct, causes the contents of the carrier to be discharged through the openingin the top thereof, the lid a being also thrown open by the same momentum. As heretofore stated the carrier is loaded at one end by the weight d4, and it will therefore be understood that as soon as the contents of the carrier are discharged, and whatever weight the same may have had is removed, the carrier turns on the axis formed by the lugs a4 and a4 in the bearings d3 by virtue of its load or weight d, and falls by the power of gravity, through the tube of guides a2 to its point or place of departure.

In the drawings I have shown the several positions of the carrier in its progress in dotted lines.

Normally the door or lid b2 is closed, but it is thrown open bythe action of the carrier as the same enters the frame a3, and by the same force is swung upward against the plunger c as shown in dotted lines, causing the gong C to give an alarm indicating the arrival of the carrier.

What I claim is- 1. In a parcel delivery system a hollow carrier loaded at its base, and adapted to receive a parcel, and when inverted to discharge the same, and provided with axis bearings near its base, in combination with means to project and guide the carrier, and to receive the same in its axis bearings, and after the carrier is inverted bythe weight of its contents and released by the weight of its base, to permit its return to the point of departure by the force of gravity and suitable guides, substantially as described.

2. In a parcel delivery system the combination of a hollow carrier loaded atits base, and adapted to receive a parcel, and when inverted to discharge the same, ways secured to each side of the carrier, terminating in bearings, forming an axis for the carrier near its base, means to project and guide the carrier and to receive the same in its axis bearings, and when the contents of the carrier are discharged to permit its return to the point of departure by the force of gravity and suitable guides, substantially as described.

3. In a parcel delivery system the combination of a hollow carrier loaded at its base, and adapted to receive a parcel, and when inverted to discharge the same, ways secured to each side of the carrier, terminating in bearings, forming an axis for the carrier near its base, and means controlling pneumatic pressure to project the carrier and means to guide the same, and means to receive the carrier in its axis bearings, and after the carrier is inverted by the weight of its contents and released by the weight of its base, to guide the carrier to its point of departure by the force of gravity, substantially as described.

4. In a parcel delivery system a hollow carrier loaded at its base and adapted to receive a parcel, and when inverted to discharge the sameways securedlto each side of the carrier terminating in bearings, forming an axis for the carrier near its base and means controlling pneumatic pressure to project the carrier and means to guide the same, and means to receive the carrier in its axis bearings, a pouch to receive the contents of the carrier, and after the carrier is inverted by the weight 1 of its contents and released by the weight of its base, means to guide the carrier to its point of departure by the force of gravity, substantially as described.

5. In a parcel delivery system the combination of a hollow carrier loaded at its base and `adapted to receive a parcel, and when inverted to discharge the same, Ways secured to each side ofthe carrier, terminating in bearings forming an axis for the carrier near its base and means controlling pneumatic pressure to project the carrier and means to guide the same, and means to receive the carrier in its axis bearings, a pouch to receive the contents of the carrier and an alarm operated by the movement of the carrier and means to guide the carrier to its point of departure by theforce of gravity when the same is inverted by the weight of its contents and released by the weight of its base, substantially as described.

KATHARINE JULIA CLINTON CARVILLE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD C. FIEDLER, C. A. DUGAN. 

